Although Israel’s Operation Protective Edge into Gaza has certainly contributed to the condemnable treatment of Jews, Jews in France were already being treated poorly back in June, when tensions were relatively calm in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

In June, thousands of Jews fled from France and sought new lives in Israel, citing Islamic anti-Semitism and extreme xenophobic biases.

In fact, emigration from France is expected to surpass emigration from the U.S. in 2014.

The first three months of 2014 saw a 40-percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents over the first three months of 2013. In this first quarter of 2014, the French government reports that 169 separate anti-Semitic incidents were reported.

In May in Toulouse, anti-Semitic inscriptions were found bearing the words, “SS,” “Hitler burned 6 million Jews and forgot half,” and “Long Live Palestine.”

The largest Jewish and Muslim populations in all of Europe can both be found in France: the country has approximately 500,000 Jews and some five millions Muslims.